§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report (a) the number of dog licences issued over the past year, (b) the revenue collected over the past year from the sale of dog licences, (c) the cost of administering the sale of licences over the past year, (d) the cost of enforcement of the requirement for dog owners to buy licences, (e) the number of 551W dog owners prosecuted last year for non-purchase of a dog licence, and the relevant cost to public funds, (f) the number of dog owners his Department estimates to be aged over 65 years and (g) what would be the current level of the licence fee if it had been indexed from the date of its introduction.
§ Mr. Denis HowellDetails for England and Wales are as follows:
(a), (b) and (c) relate to the financial year 1976–77 and (e) to the calendar year 1976, these being the latest periods for which the information is available.
- (a) 2,698,185.
- (b) £1,097,551.
- (c) £1,009,500.
- (d) Not available.
- (e) 4,400 prosecutions; the cost to public funds is not known.
- (f) about 700,000.
- (g) £6.15.